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Explosion rocks NYC neighborhood
Co-pilot deliberately slams plane in Alps; families ask why
Politicians are the only people who can't be addicted to their phones
Germanwings tragedy: How post-9/11 safety measures factored into crash
National Guardsman, cousin arrested for trying to join Islamic State
'Distrust and Verify': How Obama will sell an Iran nuke deal
Grateful Oklahomans salvage belongings after killer storm
U.S. House okays bipartisan bill to fix Medicare doctor payments
Building collapses in New York's East Village neighborhood, police say
More than 15,000 buildings without power after Oklahoma tornadoes
Bergdahl says he tried to escape Taliban captors a dozen times
Saudi Arabia begin airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen
James O'Keefe video purportedly catches Cornell dean encouraging pro-IS groups
Germanwings plane went down in French Alps within a mile of 1953 crash site

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 12:53 PM PDT

The blast causes a fire and partial collapse at an apartment building in Manhattan.

Co-pilot deliberately slams plane in Alps; families ask why

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 02:51 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside.

Politicians are the only people who can't be addicted to their phones

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Life inside a presidential campaign bubble has long been maligned as a suffocating, alienating experience.

Germanwings tragedy: How post-9/11 safety measures factored into crash

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:21 AM PDT

After Sept. 11, many airline carriers strengthened cockpit doors and made it more difficult for anyone to get inside once the pilot activated the lock switch — which prevented the captain of Flight 4U 9525 from regaining control.

National Guardsman, cousin arrested for trying to join Islamic State

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 09:39 AM PDT

The FBI has arrested two men -- one of them a current member of the Illinois National Guard -- for allegedly trying to join ISIS, the brutal terrorist group wreaking havoc in Syria and Iraq, authorities said. Army National Guard Specialist Hasan Edmonds, 22, was arrested at Chicago Midway International Airport as he was trying to fly to Egypt, according to authorities. His cousin, Jonas Edmonds, 29, was arrested at his home. Hasan Edmonds first came onto the FBI's radar in late 2014 as he hatched a plan for Hasan Edmonds to join ISIS overseas while Jonas Edmonds launched an attack inside the United States, according to the Justice Department.

'Distrust and Verify': How Obama will sell an Iran nuke deal

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The White House is gearing up for an unprecedented campaign to sell a potential pact.

Grateful Oklahomans salvage belongings after killer storm

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 02:46 PM PDT

SAND SPRINGS, Okla. (AP) — Oklahomans salvaged soggy belongings Thursday after the Plains' first tornado outbreak of 2015, expressing gratitude that casualties were low but understanding that nature's next punch could be far worse.

U.S. House okays bipartisan bill to fix Medicare doctor payments

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 03:46 PM PDT

By Susan Cornwell and Caroline Humer WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill to permanently repair the formula for reimbursing Medicare physicians, marking a rare bipartisan achievement and sending the issue next to the Senate. The measure drafted and driven forward by Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi would fix a long-standing problem with how Medicare pays doctors. The Senate may not act until it returns from a two-week recess that starts this weekend. Democratic President Barack Obama praised the House passage and said he hoped the Senate would approve the measure too, because he wants to sign it.

Building collapses in New York's East Village neighborhood, police say

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 04:08 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A building collapsed on Thursday in New York City's East Village neighborhood, police said. There was no immediate information on possible injuries, said a spokesman for the New York Police Department. (Reporting by Laila Kearney, Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst)

More than 15,000 buildings without power after Oklahoma tornadoes

Posted: 26 Mar 2015 11:29 AM PDT

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - About 15,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma and Arkansas were without power on Thursday after tornadoes touched down in the states a day earlier, leaving at least one person dead and scores of structures damaged. School were closed in parts of Oklahoma and clean up was under way from the twisters that hit near Tulsa, Oklahoma City and in northwest Arkansas. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in 25 counties. Another tornado was spotted in Moore, Oklahoma, where police said multiple buildings were damaged and vehicles overturned.

Bergdahl says he tried to escape Taliban captors a dozen times

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 10:50 PM PDT

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl tried to escape his Taliban captors a dozen times in five years as a prisoner of war, once remaining free for nine days, but each time he was found and brutally beaten, he said in a statement released on Wednesday. The statement, Bergdahl's first account of his time as a Taliban prisoner, was released by his attorney, Eugene Fidell, after the Army charged Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior in the face of the enemy in connection with his capture.

Saudi Arabia begin airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 05:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Arabia began airstrikes Wednesday against Houthi rebel positions in Yemen, vowing that the Sunni kingdom will do "anything necessary" to restore a deposed government that has been routed by the Iranian-backed group.

James O'Keefe video purportedly catches Cornell dean encouraging pro-IS groups

Posted: 25 Mar 2015 03:12 PM PDT

A video released this week by Project Veritas, O'Keefe's nonprofit investigative organization, purports to expose Cornell as a welcoming environment for terrorist groups like IS and Hamas.